THAT'S THE KIND OF A BABY FOR ME
From the Broadway Revue "Ziegfeld Follies Of 1917"
(Jack Egan / Alfred C. Harriman)
Eddie Cantor (Broadway Production) - 1917
Eddie Cantor (Re-recorded with Jay Wilbur & His Orch) - 1934
The folks that live next door to me
Have a brand new baby
And it nearly drives me wild
When they talk about that child
'Cause all I ever hear her do is cry
But there's another baby
As cute as she can be
Moved in today
Across the way
At number sixty three
And she's made a hit with me
She's got a dog and cat
The cutest little hat
And all the boys just call her "Baby"
She's got a dainty style
A little baby smile
The kind that makes you wanna stick around awhile
She's got those dreamy eyes
And every time she sighs
You forget your family
Her father's over eighty with his nice grey locks
He's made a million dollars out of bonds and stocks
And she's his only child
And she's just awfully wild
That's the kind of baby for me
She's got a dog and cat
The cutest little hat
And all the boys just call her "Baby"
She's got a bungalow
Down where the breezes blow
And lots of other little things you shouldn't know
She's got those dreamy eyes
And every time she sighs
You forget your family
I raised a little moustache, cute as any pup
My baby kissed me once and burned the darned thing up
She said, "It's so much fun
Please raise another one"
That's the kind of baby for me
She's got a dog and cat
The cutest little hat
And all the boys just call her "Baby"
She's got a dainty style
A little baby smile
The kind that makes you wanna stick around awhile
She's got those dreamy eyes
And every time she sighs
You forget your family
The other evening, in a cabaret, we spent
And when I saw the cheque I thought it was the rent
But when the waiter came
She simply signed her name
And that's the kind of baby for me
(Contributed by Peter Akers - January 2009)